On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:57 PM, mike.lifeguard mike.lifeguard@gmail.com wrote:
Apparently those who believe that common sense is enough are limited to you and I[1] - everyone else needs reams and reams of instructions to be satisfied that people won't abuse tools. If we're choosing people for their judgment, and we do it well enough, then a simply guideline should be sufficient (rather than bloated instructions like we're currently developing)
Mike
I agree completely with you here and have actually commented to that effect on the talk page. There are pages and pages of rules relating to this... and all these "requirements" that are (or were) heavily based on editcountitis... but whatever. :-)